Friday, February 13, 2015

Steven Del Duca - MPP for Vaughn (February 13, 2015)

Father, we come before You with
thanksgiving for the men and women that serve us in the Parliament of the
Province of Ontario. We lift up MPP: Steven Del Duca to You and ask You to pour
out Your blessings on him and his family. Be with him Lord, as he serves in
government and in his constituency of Vaughan. Open his eyes to new
possibilities as he travels and talks to the people of our province. Renew his
strength and vision for the work You have called him to do. Protect him Lord as
he travels either by airplane or car in his role as a Cabinet Minister. As Minister
of Transportation we ask that you help him to make good decisions and give good
leadership to the role he has been given. We begin to pray for wisdom,
courage, integrity, strength, blessing and righteousness to be poured on him
that he may help to give good leadership to our province. We ask
this in Jesus' name, Amen.

BIOGRAPHY

Vaughan MPP Steven Del Duca has a proven
track record of outstanding community involvement and a clear dedication
to public service. He was first elected to the Ontario Legislature in
September 2012 in a provincial by-election.

In less than two years he secured approval of the Highway 427
extension and delivered $49.7 million towards the Vaughan Hospital and
$49 million for four new schools in Vaughan. Steven was re-elected in
June 2014 and appointed as Ontario’s Minister of Transportation in
Premier Kathleen Wynne’s cabinet.

Prior to his election as MPP, he was the fundraising chair for the
2008 Annual Vaughan Hospital Fundraising Gala, which raised over $1
million for the project. In 2008, he authored an op-ed in the Toronto
Star calling for a regional economic summit to help Vaughan and
surrounding areas deal with the global economic crisis. He worked with
all levels of government, community leaders and organizations to
establish the Greater Toronto Region Economic Summit, which took place
in May 2009.

Del Duca obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law
School in 2007. Previously, he studied Political Science and Canadian
History at the University of Toronto and Carleton University.

He first moved to Vaughan in 1987 when his family settled in
Kleinburg. Today, he and his wife, together with their two daughters
live in Woodbridge.

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